Friday, November 7, 2014

Superstition

Lightspring, bullies never change. Decades ago, in a room after school with various church-goers, being called a stupid atheist dyke who was going to hell, all for the crime of saying that it didn't seem fair or right that "God's plan" included sending infants to hell because they didn't have a chance to learn to read or learn about "Him." The bandwagon methods, the condescension, the appeal to state authority to medically imprison the deviant...

It's truly been interesting, being here for this latest cultural shift of power toward non-godhead religions. I remember thinking how great it would be when intelligent, reasonable atheists finally gained cultural power. Now I see that cruelty is able to adopt any guise that serves its purpose.